Grupo Folha is the second largest Brazilian
media conglomerate
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, after
Grupo Globo
Grupo Globo ( en, Globo Group), formerly known as Organizações Globo ( en, Globo Organization), is a Brazilian private mass media conglomerate based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1925 by Irineu Marinho, it is the largest media group ...
. It was founded by
Octávio Frias
Octavio Frias de Oliveira (5 August 1912 in Rio de Janeiro – 29 April 2007 in São Paulo) was a Brazilian businessman who gained recognition for turning newspaper '' Folha de S. Paulo'' – acquired by himself and partner Carlos Caldeira in Aug ...
(1912–2007) and led by his son
Luiz Frias since 1992.
The group publishes ''
Folha de S.Paulo
''Folha de S.Paulo'' (sometimes spelled ''Folha de São Paulo''), also known as simply ''Folha'' (, ''Sheet''), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name ''Folha da Noite'' and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã c ...
'', the largest circulation paper in the country, which since 1986 keeps the leadership among quality general-interest newspapers in Brazil. In the last decade, the group nearly tripled its revenue, getting to R$2.7 billion in 2010.
[ ]EBITDA
A company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (commonly abbreviated EBITDA, pronounced , , or ) is a measure of a company's profitability of the operating business only, thus before any effects of indebtedness, stat ...
reached R$600 million in 2011.
Newspapers
In February 2012, Folha widened its lead among prestige newspapers in Brazil, with an average of 297.5 thousand monthly copies in circulation, 12% ahead of O Globo
''O Globo'' (, ''The Globe'') is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro. ''O Globo'' is the most prominent print publication in the Grupo Globo media conglomerate.
Founded by journalist Irineu Marinho, owner of ''A Noite'', it was orig ...
and 20.3% ahead of O Estado de S. Paulo
''O Estado de S. Paulo'' (; ), also known as ''Estadão'' (; ), is a daily newspaper published in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest newspaper in Brazil, and its format changed from broadsheet to berliner on October 17, 2021.
It has t ...
, competitors in Rio de Janeiro
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and São Paulo
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states. Besides Folha, the group publishes Agora São Paulo
Agora São Paulo was a Brazilian newspaper published by Grupo Folha which also owns the broadsheet Folha de S.Paulo. It was launched in 1999 to replace ''Folha da Tarde''. ''Agora'' led among the popular newspapers in São Paulo
São Paulo (, ...
newspaper and has 50% shares at Valor Econômico
''Valor Econômico'' is the largest financial newspaper in Brazil, according to the Circulation Verification Institute (IVC).
It is the result of a partnership between two of the country's largest media groups: Grupo Globo and Grupo Folha and ha ...
, in partnership with Organizações Globo
Grupo Globo ( en, Globo Group), formerly known as Organizações Globo ( en, Globo Organization), is a Brazilian private mass media conglomerate based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1925 by Irineu Marinho, it is the largest media group i ...
. Both are circulation leaders, respectively, in popular journalism and business journalism markets.
Internet and IT
Folha did the first real-time online newspaper in 1995, also a market leader among Brazilian news websites, with 232.8 million pageviews in March 2012. Amount of unique visitors was 19.2 million that month (audience measured by Omniture
Omniture is an online marketing and web analytics business unit in Orem, Utah. It was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2009. Until 2011, Omniture operated as a business unit within Adobe as the "Omniture Business Unit", but as of 2012 Adobe began reti ...
, which also provides metrics for Apple and CNN
CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by ...
).
UOL, controlled by Grupo Folha, is the leading Brazilian company for Web content and services, with 27.8 million unique visitors and about 4.3 billion pageviews every month. Launched in April 1996, UOL offered both Web access and content in a single package, becoming the leading ISP in the country.[ Later, it also specialized as an IT company, acting in ecommerce and epayments, gaming, dating websites, datacenters and IT solutions. In December 2010, UOL concluded the acquisition of Diveo Broadband Networks, becoming the third largest IT infrastructure services company in Latin America.
By the end of 2011, the group closed UOL's capital, buying back more than 17 million shares from minority shareholders and reaching more than 74% stock ownership; the group of shareholders led by businessman João Alves de Queiroz Filho, controller of the holding ]Hypermarcas
Hypera Pharma (formerly known as Hypermarcas) is a Brazilian multinational pharmaceutical
company headquartered in São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the stat ...
, remained as a minority shareholder at UOL, with 25% of shares. Grupo Folha keeps the management.[
]
Printing, logistics, polling and books
Grupo Folha owns business units ''Transfolha'' (logistics) and ''Folhagráfica'' (printing). It also owns shares at ''Plural'' (printing) and ''SPDL'' (logistics).[
Plural, a 50-50 joint-venture with ]Quad/Graphics
Quad (formerly Quad/Graphics) is an American commercial printing company which offers marketing strategy and management services, based in Sussex, Wisconsin. It was founded as a printing company on July 13, 1971, by Harry V. Quadracci. Since 20 ...
controlled by Grupo Folha, is the main graphic industry with offset printing presses in South America.[ SPDL is a partnership between Folha (50%) and Estado (50%) groups, which distributes the newspapers by both companies.][
Grupo Folha also owns ]Datafolha Datafolha is Grupo Folha's polling institute, founded in 1983 as the research department of Empresa Folha da Manhã S. A., and later on became a separate company able to serve external clients, from 1990. In 1995, it became a separate business unit ...
, one of the leading polling institutes in Brazil; Publifolha press, which sold more than one million books in 2010; Três Estrelas imprint, released in 2012 to publish humanities books; and Folhapress newswire.
New platforms
The group's business strategy has increased the production and distribution of journalistic content designed to new technological formats, from tablets (like the iPad
The iPad is a brand of iOS and iPadOS-based tablet computers that are developed by Apple Inc. The iPad was conceived before the related iPhone but the iPhone was developed and released first. Speculation about the development, operating s ...
and Galaxy
A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, dark matter, bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek ' (), literally 'milky', a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar System. ...
) to mobile phones, as well as in social media.[
In 2012, the paper began producing and broadcasting at São Paulo's ]TV Cultura
TV Cultura or simply Cultura, is a free Brazilian public television network headquartered in São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the mos ...
the newscast TV Folha
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, aired every Sunday at 8PM. On its first show, on 11 March 2012, the show was seen in 60,000 homes in São Paulo metropolitan area, according to Ibope ratings.
Grupo Folha Companies
News
* Folha de S. Paulo
''Folha de S.Paulo'' (sometimes spelled ''Folha de São Paulo''), also known as simply ''Folha'' (, ''Sheet''), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name ''Folha da Noite'' and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã co ...
: newspaper, with presence on the Web and mobile platforms;
* TV Folha
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, e ...
: online TV news and weekly TV show at TV Cultura
TV Cultura or simply Cultura, is a free Brazilian public television network headquartered in São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the mos ...
, in São Paulo
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;
* F5: celebrity and entertainment news website;
* Folha Internacional: Folha's news content in English and Spanish;
* Agora São Paulo
Agora São Paulo was a Brazilian newspaper published by Grupo Folha which also owns the broadsheet Folha de S.Paulo. It was launched in 1999 to replace ''Folha da Tarde''. ''Agora'' led among the popular newspapers in São Paulo
São Paulo (, ...
: popular newspaper;
* Valor Econômico
''Valor Econômico'' is the largest financial newspaper in Brazil, according to the Circulation Verification Institute (IVC).
It is the result of a partnership between two of the country's largest media groups: Grupo Globo and Grupo Folha and ha ...
: Grupo Folha has 50% participation at the leading business newspaper in Brazil, in society with Grupo Globo
Grupo Globo ( en, Globo Group), formerly known as Organizações Globo ( en, Globo Organization), is a Brazilian private mass media conglomerate based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1925 by Irineu Marinho, it is the largest media group ...
.
* Guia Folha: weekly cultural guide from São Paulo city, with special editions for books and movies;
* revista: weekly feature magazine about;
* revista Serafina: monthly feature magazine;
* Revista da Hora: weekly cultural guide included in ''Agora'' newspaper;
* Alô Negócios: classified ads newspaper circulating only in Paraná state;
* Folhapress: newswire; gathers news and sells pictures, articles, columns, drawings and graphic devices daily, both from the editorial content produced by Folha de S.Paulo
''Folha de S.Paulo'' (sometimes spelled ''Folha de São Paulo''), also known as simply ''Folha'' (, ''Sheet''), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name ''Folha da Noite'' and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã c ...
, Agora São Paulo
Agora São Paulo was a Brazilian newspaper published by Grupo Folha which also owns the broadsheet Folha de S.Paulo. It was launched in 1999 to replace ''Folha da Tarde''. ''Agora'' led among the popular newspapers in São Paulo
São Paulo (, ...
and other ''Grupo Folha'' companies and from partners;
* Acervo Folha: Digital archive of Grupo Folha newspaper editions since 1921;
* Banco de Dados Folha: Folha's database;
Books
* Publifolha: Grupo Folha's book-publishing division, created in 1995; has released more than 1,000 titles and currently has 600 books in print. Publifolha concentrates on the news, tourism, languages, general reference, children's tales and cooking areas. It is currently the leading travel guide publisher in Brazil, thanks mainly to the “Visual Guide” series, which offers information about countries, cities and regions, with travel itineraries and leisure suggestions for tourists.
* Três Estrelas: book imprint created in 2012 covering the non-fiction field, with books on journalism, communication, history, politics, sociology, economics, philosophy, psychoanalysis, scientific information and biography. The imprint's name was inspired by the three stars that accompany the logo of Folha de S.Paulo, the flagship newspaper published by the company that owns the imprint.
* Livraria da Folha Livraria da Folha ("Folha Bookstore") is one of Grupo Folha’s business divisions; the online bookstore currently has on offer more than 180,000 titles, including books, DVDs, Blu-ray movies and videogames.
Its website relies on a team of special ...
: online bookstore
Printing
* Plural Editora e Gráfica: a joint-venture between Grupo Folha – to which newspaper Folha de S. Paulo
''Folha de S.Paulo'' (sometimes spelled ''Folha de São Paulo''), also known as simply ''Folha'' (, ''Sheet''), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name ''Folha da Noite'' and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã co ...
belongs – and American printing conglomerate Quad/Graphics
Quad (formerly Quad/Graphics) is an American commercial printing company which offers marketing strategy and management services, based in Sussex, Wisconsin. It was founded as a printing company on July 13, 1971, by Harry V. Quadracci. Since 20 ...
, the largest private printing company in the world. Plural, headquartered at Santana de Parnaíba (Greater São Paulo), started its operations in 1996.
* Folha Gráfica:
Logistics
* Transfolha (Magazines and Newspapers' Transportation Company); Transfolha is the Grupo Folha unit responsible for transporting and delivering print products (newspapers and magazines) as well as e-commerce parcels. It operates in 780 Brazilian cities and towns, both on behalf of Grupo Folha and for third parties. Currently, Transfolha has a monthly average throughput of 5.2 million newspapers, 650,000 magazines and 675,000 e-commerce parcels.Transfolha
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* SPDL: São Paulo Distribuição e Logística, a 50–50 newspaper distribution partnership with otherwise competitor Grupo Estado;
Polling
* Datafolha Datafolha is Grupo Folha's polling institute, founded in 1983 as the research department of Empresa Folha da Manhã S. A., and later on became a separate company able to serve external clients, from 1990. In 1995, it became a separate business unit ...
;
IT, web content and ecommerce
* Folha's website and mobile apps
* UOL: Universo Online: Internet content and service provider;
* UOL BoaCompra
* UOL Diveo
* UOL Host
UOL HOST is a website hosting and cloud computing firm that it is owned and operated by Universo Online (UOL) Holding. UOL HOST's head office is based in São Paulo. Davi M. Mello is UOL HOST's director.
History
UOL HOST was established in 2008 ...
* UOL Megastore
* UOL Links
* Shopping UOL
* BoldCron
* Colorcube Games
* Dualtec
* Pagseguro UOL
* Uni5.com
* Emprego certo
* Cobre Direto
* Todo Desconto
* Zipmail
* Livraria da Folha
* DHC
* Metade Ideal
* Toda Oferta
* NotaNet
* Radar de Descontos
See also
*Arne Ragnar Enge
Arne Ragnar Enge was a Brazilian doctor, journalist, athlete and physical education teacher.
Born in the city of Campinas to a family of Scandinavian immigrants, Enge was Secretary-General of Grupo Folha—Brazil's biggest newspaper—for more ...
References
External links
Grupo Folha – Institutional
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Mass media companies of Brazil
1921 establishments in Brazil
Publishing companies established in 1921